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Question 1

Not slaves but still bound to the manor

Answer 1

serfs

Question 2

Economic system

Answer 2

Manorialism

Question 3

Large estate which covered hundreds to thousands of acres

Answer 3

Manor

Question 4

Local officials who oversaw land management during Charlemagne’s reign

Answer 4

Counts

Question 5

Provided protection for the peasants

Answer 5

Lord

Question 6

Noble who serves the lord

Answer 6

vassal

Question 7

Estate with peasants

Answer 7

fief

Question 8

Decentralized government system

Answer 8

feudalism

Question 9

Free people living on the manor

Answer 9

Peasants

Question 10

Transition between ancient and modern times

Answer 10

dark ages

Question 11

First Frankish king to accept Catholicism.

Answer 11

clovis

Question 12

Kept the Muslims out of Europe at the battle of Tours

Answer 12

charles martel

Question 13

First holy Roman emperor.

Answer 13

charlemagne

Question 14

Code that a knight lived by.

Answer 14

chivalry

Question 15

Pope Leo III named which king Roman emperor and protector of the church?

Answer 15

Charlemagne

Question 16

Staple diet for majority of peasants.

Answer 16

Bread

Question 17

During the Middle ages, the Roman Catholic church…

Answer 17

Became the unifying force in Western Europe

Question 18

Which group reunited W Europe after it had been broken down into small kingdoms by Germanic invaders?

Answer 18

Franks

Question 19

What was the name of the noble rebellion caused by English king, John?

Answer 19

First Baron’s War

Question 20

During the Middle ages, mass was said in what language?

Answer 20

latin

Question 21

Those who challenged the church were called..

Answer 21

heretics

Question 22

The Bayeux tapestry was made to commemorate what battle in 1066?

Answer 22

Battle of Hastings

Question 23

Archbishop of Canterbury executed because he believed clergy should not be tried in secular courts.

Answer 23

Thomas Becket

Question 24

Religious punishment where all subjects cut off from sacraments.

Answer 24

Interdict

Question 25

The Inquisition was set up to find and punish?

Answer 25

Heretics

Question 26

Anglo-Saxon ruler who wanted a revival in learning and had books translated from Latin to vernacular.

Answer 26

Alfred the Great

Question 27

One role of the parish priest was to?

Answer 27

Offer guidance to people within a village

Question 28

Why was Feudalism created?

Answer 28

Emperors and kings could not provide protection from invaders

Question 29

King ___ was forced to sign the Magna Carta.

Answer 29

john

Question 30

The new ___ class derived their income from trade and business.

Answer 30

middle

Question 31

Because of ___ in the 1200’s, many European countries expelled the ___ because they were “enemies of Christ”.

Answer 31

anti-semitism, jews

Question 32

The Church taught that all were sinners, depended on God’s grace to get into heaven, and that grace received through ___.

Answer 32

sacrements

Question 33

Nobles could influence the church by giving clergy manors and ___ ___.

Answer 33

Lay investures

Question 34

William the conqueror, in order to tax people properly, commissioned the first census in Western Europe called the ___ ___.

Answer 34

Domesday book

Question 35

Henry II set up a new system of common law where the ___ ___ would establish whether there was enough evidence to put someone on trial.

Answer 35

Grand Jury

Question 36

King Alfred of wessex defeated the ___ in 886 and established the kingdom of England.

Answer 36

Danes

Question 37

The holy Roman emperor was elected by the ___.

Answer 37

diet

Question 38

Specifically, how were the Jews treated during the latter part of the middle ages and why?

Question 39

Specifically, what did the French monarchy do to make itself more powerful?

Question 40

What were the reasons for the holy Roman emperors never becoming very powerful?